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March 15, 2012

Guiding Kids to appreciate nature

Its time we need to remind
our future…our kids that we human beings are formed out of the five elements of
nature and feel at peace and happiest being closer to our roots…nature. What
ever money one spends, the cool breeze or blue sky can’t be bought ever. With
no offence to baffling technology, life should get easier with technolgy’s
advent but not addicted and handicapped with it.

It was the month of May
and my 5 yr. old daughters were home due to summer vacations in school. Days
were getting consumed playing laptop games, watching TV sitting in air
conditioned environment. And as a mom everyday was a challenge to provide my
kids enough stimulation and keeping them engaged. We used to buy lots of games,
puzzles and battery operated light and sound toys costing us lot of money and
kids were getting over their toys in a week’s time. Their vacations were
getting wasted indoors, and they demanded to play on the laptop than playing in
the park. I felt lil’ helpless worrying about their physical growth and their
addition to online games.

Then a sudden plan to go to Mussouri with another
friend’s family having kids came as an angel's blessing. It was a 4 days trip by road via Haridwar by road.
We stayed in a hotel in Haridwar, with nice lush GreenPark.
After having breakfast, we were relaxing in the park and suddenly I see one of
my daughters running after squirrel and trying to catch her behind the tree, there
were birds chirping which delighted the little 2 year old boy of my friend and
he started imitating. Kids were running, giggling, laughing all over. And then
my daughter asked for the bubbles which we bought on the way from a street
seller. Maansi was blowing big bubbles and rest of the kids was jumping to
burst those with funny sounds. Then Mihikaa showed me the rainbow colors sparkling
through bubbles in the morning sun. The entire scene was so irresistible that
we also got up to blow and burst the bubbles. It was refreshing to breathe in
the fresh air, with greenery around and chirping birds and bubbles.

'Bubbles,
which cost me nothing, failed the expensive battery operated sound and light
gadget toys. Such is the power of simplicity.'

It reminded me that whatever
money one spends, one can’t buy the blue sky or natural cool breeze. And I made
a resolution to ensure my kids get exposed to the beauty of nature. Further,
the happiness got multifold when kids heard their voice echoing in the
mountains, smiled seeing so may blooming flowers, monkeys jumping around. And
no gizmo can add the joy one gets near a waterfall; we went to kempty waterfall
in a ropeway trolley and had mouth watering maggi with waterfall’s thundering
storm and getting drenched in it. And I am no special nature lover, it comes
naturally, In a mall, you need to teach your kid about how to operate a certain
appealing game but with nature, kids will naturally run, laugh , giggle and
find their own stimulation.

So let children be children. As parents we remember
our childhood days with so fondness about ‘Who Kagaz ki Kashti, wo bearish ka
paani etc.” but are we exposing and telling out kids to appreciate nature. How
our kids would be remembering their childhood about 100 channels on TV, laptop,
favorite cartoon character games, branded toys etc. or about the good times
spent in nature. The choice is with us as parents.

4 comments:

Such a lovely post Meenaxi...your girls seems to be veeery cute....are they twins? Yeah you are right...as a parente its part of our duty to educate them abt environment....nature and abt natural pleasures.

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